Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
NamePleasant AVERY 
Birth2 Nov 1852, 5 mi. NW of Calhoun, Henry Co., MO126
Death19 Jan 1936, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., MO
BurialLaurel Oak Cemetery, Windsor, Henry Co., MO
FatherPonsonby Greene AVERY (1820-1863)
MotherSarepta WALKER (1831-1918)
Notes for Pleasant AVERY
obit: AVERY, Pleasant
b: Nov 2 1852, 5 mi NW of Calhoun, Henry Co, MO
d: Jan 19 1936, Warrensburg, Johnson Co, MO
bur: Laurel Oak Cemetery AA-BE, Windsor, Windsor Twp, Henry Co, MO
Clinton MO - Pleas Avery, many years a resident of Henry County, died at 7:45 Sunday morning, January 19th, in Warrensburg, where he had been since last October to be near medical aid. Pleas Avery was born November 2, 1852, on his father's farm, five miles northwest of Calhoun. Franklin Pierce was elected President the day he was born. He was the son of P. G. and Sarepta (Walker) Avery. In 1857 he moved with his parents and sisters to Calhoun, where his father and Jas. Tutt were in the wholesale and retail business at the south end of the west side of the square. At the death of his father in 1863, the family returned to the farm where he assisted his mother with farming. He was educated in the Calhoun Academy. In those days, school was taught in the churches, so he attended school at Sardis and Salem, and later at the Merritt and Pleasant View schools. February 7th, 1889, he was united in marriage to Miss Ida Goodin, who preceded him in death October 28th, 1904. To this union were given a son, Raymond, and daughter, Helen, now Mrs. Harvey Farmer. In 1892 he improved and moved to his farm 3/4 mile away at the junction of State Highways No. 2 and farm-to-market road J., where he lived until he went to Warrensburg. Raymond resides on the farm where his father was born and Mrs. Farmer on the home place. November 7th, 1914, Mr. Avery was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Lee Oglesby of Warrensburg, who with the son and daughter, survive him, also two sisters, Mrs. D. M. Doyle of Torrance, Calif., and Mrs. Addie A. Brown of Ironton, Mo., and a brother, Jas. H. Avery, northwest of Calhoun. When Mr. Avery built his last home it was known as Henry County's most modern farm house. It was a sitely location, surrounded by the beautiful countryside, and in this home was found all the charm and hospitality of the old South, for Mr. Avery was a man of culture and refinement and liked the best things in life. He was devoted to his home and family and both marriages were happy. His second wife gave him the utmost in devotion and care during his declining years. Mr. Avery kept his farm in a high state of cultivation. During his later years, he fashioned replicas of famous ships, including the Santa Maria and other historical sailing vessels, which were admired and prized by friends. Mr. Avery had traveled extensively. When a small boy he went to Tennessee with his parents and sister, also attended the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893, and the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915, also had been to Texas. Almost everyday while Mr. Avery was on the farm, he and his brother, Henry, phoned each other. The funeral was held at the Sweeney-Phillips Chapel in Warrensburg Monday and burial at Windsor beside his first wife. The pall bearers were four cousins and two nephews, Will Merrill, Sidney Lyman, Russell and Gordon Avery. Among those from a distance to attend the funeral of Pleas Avery were John Scott and wife, Alvin Kendrick and wife near Bowen, W. F. Sikes and wife, John Reynolds and sisters, Mrs. Floyd Fewel and Mrs. Anna Bell Reynolds, of Leeton, H. M. Fewel, Clinton, Clifton Fewel and wife, Calhoun, Fyke Fewel of Lewis Station and Mrs. Arch Shelton, Lexington.
b: Nov 2 1852, 5 mi NW of Calhoun, Henry Co, MO
d: Jan 19 1936, Warrensburg, Johnson Co, MO
bur: Laurel Oak Cemetery AA-BE, Windsor, Windsor Twp, Henry Co, MO
Clinton MO - Pleas Avery, many years a resident of Henry County, died at 7:45 Sunday morning, January 19th, in Warrensburg, where he had been since last October to be near medical aid. Pleas Avery was born November 2, 1852, on his father's farm, five miles northwest of Calhoun. Franklin Pierce was elected President the day he was born. He was the son of P. G. and Sarepta (Walker) Avery. In 1857 he moved with his parents and sisters to Calhoun, where his father and Jas. Tutt were in the wholesale and retail business at the south end of the west side of the square. At the death of his father in 1863, the family returned to the farm where he assisted his mother with farming. He was educated in the Calhoun Academy. In those days, school was taught in the churches, so he attended school at Sardis and Salem, and later at the Merritt and Pleasant View schools. February 7th, 1889, he was united in marriage to Miss Ida Goodin, who preceded him in death October 28th, 1904. To this union were given a son, Raymond, and daughter, Helen, now Mrs. Harvey Farmer. In 1892 he improved and moved to his farm 3/4 mile away at the junction of State Highways No. 2 and farm-to-market road J., where he lived until he went to Warrensburg. Raymond resides on the farm where his father was born and Mrs. Farmer on the home place. November 7th, 1914, Mr. Avery was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Lee Oglesby of Warrensburg, who with the son and daughter, survive him, also two sisters, Mrs. D. M. Doyle of Torrance, Calif., and Mrs. Addie A. Brown of Ironton, Mo., and a brother, Jas. H. Avery, northwest of Calhoun. When Mr. Avery built his last home it was known as Henry County's most modern farm house. It was a sitely location, surrounded by the beautiful countryside, and in this home was found all the charm and hospitality of the old South, for Mr. Avery was a man of culture and refinement and liked the best things in life. He was devoted to his home and family and both marriages were happy. His second wife gave him the utmost in devotion and care during his declining years. Mr. Avery kept his farm in a high state of cultivation. During his later years, he fashioned replicas of famous ships, including the Santa Maria and other historical sailing vessels, which were admired and prized by friends. Mr. Avery had traveled extensively. When a small boy he went to Tennessee with his parents and sister, also attended the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893, and the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915, also had been to Texas. Almost everyday while Mr. Avery was on the farm, he and his brother, Henry, phoned each other. The funeral was held at the Sweeney-Phillips Chapel in Warrensburg Monday and burial at Windsor beside his first wife. The pall bearers were four cousins and two nephews, Will Merrill, Sidney Lyman, Russell and Gordon Avery. Among those from a distance to attend the funeral of Pleas Avery were John Scott and wife, Alvin Kendrick and wife near Bowen, W. F. Sikes and wife, John Reynolds and sisters, Mrs. Floyd Fewel and Mrs. Anna Bell Reynolds, of Leeton, H. M. Fewel, Clinton, Clifton Fewel and wife, Calhoun, Fyke Fewel of Lewis Station and Mrs. Arch Shelton, Lexington.